The History of Matthew Wald is an 1824 novel by the Scottish writer John Gibson Lockhart originally published by William Blackwood.

[1] [2] It was the fourth and last novel written by Lockhart, the son-in-law of Walter Scott.

It was influenced by the writings of William Godwin and resembles Justified Sinner by James Hogg, published the same year.

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